Examples of 'eke out a living' in a sentence

Meaning of "eke out a living"

Eke out a living: To barely earn enough money or resources to survive, often by working hard or under challenging circumstances

How to use "eke out a living" in a sentence

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eke out a living
Others eke out a living on the street.
I have to slog hard to eke out a living.
I can not eke out a living for myself.
Economic hardships make it difficult to eke out a living.
Somehow they eke out a living together.
The artist was barely able to eke out a living.
She and her husband eke out a living by providing services to tourists.
They were poor and had to work hard to eke out a living.
But I eke out a living as a small civil servant in the Brazilian embassy in Paris.
It is not easy to eke out a living.
You eke out a living as free men, and women.
We will somehow eke out a living.
A comfort zone is a zone where you do something which allows you to eke out a living.
The three siblings try to eke out a living by doing odd jobs.
He is talkative and uses the opportunities around him to eke out a living.

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Frequently, they eke out a living in degrading conditions.
That if one is not well where he is he tries to eke out a living elsewhere.
I will be lucky to eke out a living in general practice?
Increasingly erratic rainfall is making it more difficult to eke out a living from agriculture.
Those less fortunate eke out a living in restaurants, cafes and hotels on low wages.
Black songwriters had mostly limited horizons and could only eke out a living.
As juveniles, some species may eke out a living as cleaner fish.
Another had her house burned down just when she was starting to eke out a living.
The land is dry, and families eke out a living growing wheat and vegetables.
Northern Canada is a harsh environment in which to eke out a living.
At a very tender age, they had to eke out a living to help the family survive.
Meanwhile, on both sides of the border, families are struggling to eke out a living.
A lawyer can eke out a living doing temp legal research, but there's a gap in his life.
Amazing how folks can eke out a living here.
We are the youth of America, endeavoring against insurmountable odds, to eke out a living.
Many more young people are struggling to eke out a living in the informal economy.
They eke out a living in small-scale informal trade, mostly selling goods bought in South Africa.
For centuries peasants worked very hard to eke out a living from its poor soil.
Eke out a living in these woods . If that 's how you really feel.
Kosovo faces an increasing number of Roma trying to eke out a living by panhandling.
I will be lucky to eke out a living in general practice? How?
I am thinking I will just toss that ridiculous desire and eke out a living somehow.
One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard.
However, her career evolved slowly and she struggled constantly to eke out a living.
A poor farmer, Petro slowly managed to eke out a living in the thick and inhospitable jungle.
HIV / AIDS orphans are also forced to work to eke out a living.
I can not eke out a living for myself . How will I bring up a child?
I work in his Riding Club and eke out a living.
Many of Serbia-Montenegro's Roma eke out a living by selling paper for recycling . Getty Images.
Why is life so frail … Trying to eke out a living.
How can I? I will be lucky to eke out a living in general practice?
Do not touch the rich people 's oil and the rich people 's wine, eke out a living.
In those circumstances, he attempted to eke out a living by writing.
Politics, to me, is a vocation not a means to eke out a living.
Thanks to you, we eke out a living.

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